Establishment of Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity

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May 11, 2017

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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 93 (Tuesday, May 16, 2017)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 22389-22390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2017-10003]

Presidential Documents

Federal Register / Vol. 82 , No. 93 / Tuesday, May 16, 2017 /
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Title 3--
The President

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Executive Order 13799 of May 11, 2017

Establishment of Presidential Advisory Commission
on Election Integrity

By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, and in order to promote fair and honest
Federal elections, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Establishment. The Presidential Advisory
Commission on Election Integrity (Commission) is hereby
established.

Sec. 2. Membership. The Vice President shall chair the
Commission, which shall be composed of not more than 15
additional members. The President shall appoint the
additional members, who shall include individuals with
knowledge and experience in elections, election
management, election fraud detection, and voter
integrity efforts, and any other individuals with
knowledge or experience that the President determines
to be of value to the Commission. The Vice President
may select a Vice Chair of the Commission from among
the members appointed by the President.

Sec. 3. Mission. The Commission shall, consistent with
applicable law, study the registration and voting
processes used in Federal elections. The Commission
shall be solely advisory and shall submit a report to
the President that identifies the following:

(a) those laws, rules, policies, activities,
strategies, and practices that enhance the American
people's confidence in the integrity of the voting
processes used in Federal elections;
(b) those laws, rules, policies, activities,
strategies, and practices that undermine the American
people's confidence in the integrity of the voting
processes used in Federal elections; and
(c) those vulnerabilities in voting systems and
practices used for Federal elections that could lead to
improper voter registrations and improper voting,
including fraudulent voter registrations and fraudulent
voting.

Sec. 4. Definitions. For purposes of this order:

(a) The term ``improper voter registration'' means
any situation where an individual who does not possess
the legal right to vote in a jurisdiction is included
as an eligible voter on that jurisdiction's voter list,
regardless of the state of mind or intent of such
individual.
(b) The term ``improper voting'' means the act of
an individual casting a non-provisional ballot in a
jurisdiction in which that individual is ineligible to
vote, or the act of an individual casting a ballot in
multiple jurisdictions, regardless of the state of mind
or intent of that individual.
(c) The term ``fraudulent voter registration''
means any situation where an individual knowingly and
intentionally takes steps to add ineligible individuals
to voter lists.
(d) The term ``fraudulent voting'' means the act of
casting a non-provisional ballot or multiple ballots
with knowledge that casting the ballot or ballots is
illegal.

Sec. 5. Administration. The Commission shall hold
public meetings and engage with Federal, State, and
local officials, and election law experts, as
necessary, to carry out its mission. The Commission
shall be informed by, and shall strive to avoid
duplicating, the efforts of existing government
entities. The Commission shall have staff to provide
support for its functions.

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Sec. 6. Termination. The Commission shall terminate 30
days after it submits its report to the President.

Sec. 7. General Provisions. (a) To the extent permitted
by law, and subject to the availability of
appropriations, the General Services Administration
shall provide the Commission with such administrative
services, funds, facilities, staff, equipment, and
other support services as may be necessary to carry out
its mission on a reimbursable basis.

(b) Relevant executive departments and agencies
shall endeavor to cooperate with the Commission.
(c) Insofar as the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
as amended (5 U.S.C. App.) (the ``Act''), may apply to
the Commission, any functions of the President under
that Act, except for those in section 6 of the Act,
shall be performed by the Administrator of General
Services.
(d) Members of the Commission shall serve without
any additional compensation for their work on the
Commission, but shall be allowed travel expenses,
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, to the
extent permitted by law for persons serving
intermittently in the Government service (5 U.S.C.
5701-5707).
(e) Nothing in this order shall be construed to
impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(f) This order shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of
appropriations.
(g) This order is not intended to, and does not,
create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,
enforceable at law or in equity by any party against
the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any
other person.
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May 11, 2017.

[FR Doc. 2017-10003
Filed 5-15-17; 8:45 am]
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